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New York · 2025-2026 General Assembly
A01584Increases penalties for criminal use of a firearm in the first degree when committing a drug related felony offense.
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↓Restricts gun accessmodel confidence 90%
Increases the mandatory additional consecutive prison sentence for criminal use of a firearm in the first degree (from 5 to 10 years) when the underlying offense is a drug-related felony, and removes judicial discretion to avoid the add-on and bars plea-bargain dismissal of the charge.
when a person is convicted of criminal use of a firearm in the first degree as defined in subdivision one of this section, the court shall impose an additional consecutive sentence of [deleted: five] ten years
Why the model tagged it this way: The bill amends Penal Law § 265.09 to expand the scope of 'criminal use of a firearm in the first degree' to include drug felonies (in addition to violent felonies) and to double the mandatory add-on prison term from 5 to 10 years while eliminating judicial discretion to waive it and prohibiting plea dismissal of the charge. These changes increase criminal penalties tied to firearm display or possession during certain felonies, resulting in two entries under firearms/other; no other listed topics are substantively addressed.
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